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2004 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Are there unspoken rules everyone should follow? Questions from the 2004 AP® English Language and Composition Form B ask scholars to give opinions on how unspoken rules help people belong in society. Pupils also analyze a writer's...
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2003 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
You took the words right out of my mouth! One question in 2003 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B allows scholars to develop opinions on pupils receiving zeros for plagiarism. Other essays analyze ideas...
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2015 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
It is a cruel world. Scholars create essays about a piece of work that describes what cruelty reveals about a character. A prompt from the 2015 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions also contains two other essay...
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2014 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How much would you give up for others? The last prompt in 2014 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions asks scholars to write essays about a character in a piece of work that has sacrificed and what the sacrifice...
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2007 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Looking to stretch the minds of your scholars? The 2007 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions offer readers the opportunity to respond to reading at a higher level than many other high school resources. Writers...
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2005 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Should people only have what they need? Questions from the 2005 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response section asks scholars to write essays evaluating the argument that those who are more fortunate should give all excess...
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2018 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Can a gift be a burden? Scholars take a close look and write essays about characters that have gifts that can also be a disadvantage. Two other essays include discussion of how Nathaniel Hawthorne and Oliver Senior use literary...
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AP® English Language and Composition Special Focus: Writing Persuasively

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
It's not always easy to persuade others. However, it may even be harder to teach others how to be persuasive. Educators get personal insight from Brent Staples, an influential commentator, as well as gain ideas and activities on teaching...
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AP® English Language and Composition: Using Documentary Film as an Introduction to Rhetoric

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Rhetoric is the key to character. Scholars work through four activities using documentary films to complete rhetoric analysis. Learners participate in writing a note to a friend and then analyze their own writing. They also view clips...
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Student Learning Questionnaire

For Students 9th - 12th
Although you could use this for any classroom, it was originally designed to be used in a high school advanced placement English course. Five questions about classroom learning and participation are presented. Give this to your class to...
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2006 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
It is not about where you are going, but the journey to get there. Scholars choose a play or novel in which a character takes a journey. They then create essays describing what the journey meant to the overall piece of work. Learners...
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2007 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Does a love for reading begin early in life? Scholars write essays using a passage from Seamus Deane in which he wrote about his childhood experiences with reading and books. They also create essays that focus on betrayal and elements in...
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2008 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Ever wondered what your dog is thinking? Scholars take a close look at two poems written through the eyes of animals and then create essays analyzing each author's technique. Pupils also read a passage to write about the literary...
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2009 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Do you have a political agenda? Some authors do. Scholars analyze a piece of work and determine how the author deals with a political or social issue. Responding to two other essay questions, writers create essays exploring how authors...
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2011 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
It's all in the technique. Authors use many techniques to express themselves using writing. Two of the three essay questions require scholars to analyze the literary devices used by the authors and write essays about how these techniques...
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1999 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Have you ever felt like you are pulled into two directions? Some authors depict this feeling in their characters. Scholars choose a play or novel in which a character is pulled or influenced by two different directions and write essays...
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2000 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Everyone enjoys a good mystery. Learners create essays explaining how a mystery gives meaning to a novel or play of their choice. They also examine the use of literary elements of diary entries in The Spectator. A third essay question...
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2001 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Do 100 years make a difference? Scholars compare two poems written 100 years apart. They also analyze characterization used in a passage from Tom Jones by Henry Fielding. A final essay question allows writers to choose a piece of work...
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2002 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Good or evil? Some characters never identify themselves as either. Scholars create essays in which they examine morally ambiguous characters. Writers also analyze and write essays about the use of poem titles and take a close look at the...
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2002 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there a secret to keeping secrets? Scholars choose a character in a novel or play and analyze how the character keeps a secret.  Writers also craft essays to reveal elements of poetry and the use of language in a passage. The prompts...
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2003 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Ever felt stuck in the middle? Some characters do. Scholars choose a novel or play and write essays describing how a character is stuck between cultures. Writers also analyze the techniques used in a passage from We Were the Mulvaneys...
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2004 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there an art to dying? Scholars write essays describing how a death scene contributes to a novel or play. They also write essays analyzing poetic techniques an author uses and literary elements they see in a passage. Writers create...
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2003 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The released 2003 AP® exam asks scholars to read and respond to two poems about the love god Eros. They also analyze the characterization and narrative in The Other Paris. A final essay question requires pupils to choose a novel or play...
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2004 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Have you ever felt left in the dark? Scholars write essays after analyzing two poems pertaining to night and darkness. Pupils also read a passage and write an essay discussing the author's depiction of characters. A third essay allows...